Metro news – Page 169
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NewsSiemens wins Klang Valley driverless train contract
MALAYSIA: Mass Rapid Transit Corp announced the winners of five major contracts worth a total of 3⋅474bn ringgit for the Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line on September 14. Scheduled to open in 2017, the 51 km SBK Line will have 31 stations serving 1⋅2 million people in the Greater Kuala ...
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NewsIstanbul opens line M3
TURKEY: A new metro line serving the northwest of the Istanbul metropolitan area was opened without ceremony on September 10, just a few weeks after the inauguration of Line M4 between Kadiköy and Kartal on the Asian side of the city. The Y-shaped Line M3 runs entirely underground for a ...
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NewsSiemens and Stadler form Berlin S-Bahn bid consortium
GERMANY: Siemens and Stadler Pankow have formed a consortium to put forward a joint bid to supply and maintain new trains for the future Berlin S-Bahn's 'Ring & Branches' operating concession. The Berlin Senate plans to award three concessions covering operation of East-West, North-South and Ring & Branches S-Bahn services, ...
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NewsQuito metro studies completed
ECUADOR: Madrid Metro has completed design studies for a 22 km metro line in Quito, delivering on September 11 documentation for civil works, 13 of the route’s 15 stations, power supplies and other systems. Tendering for this work was expected to start ‘immediately’, according to Mayor of Quito Augusto Barrera. ...
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NewsTendering starts for Porto Alegre metro
BRAZIL: Bidders have until November 12 to present their proposals for building a 14⋅8 km metro line in the city of Porto Alegre, following the launch of tendering on September 10. The preferred submission for civil works, rolling stock, signalling and other aspects of system design would then form the ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem wins Hyderabad metro rolling stock contract
INDIA: Hyderabad metro design, build, finance, operate and transfer concessionaire Larsen & Toubro Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Rs18bn contract to supply 57 three-car trainsets. The three-line network totalling 72 km is currently under construction and is expected to open in phases from late 2014 to ...
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NewsMaximising metro maintenance efficiency
USA: Baltimore Metro train maintenance staff are using interactive kiosks as an efficient way of accessing previously under-utilised documentation and software and to improve internal communications. Developed by ScreenPlay Interactive and hardware supplier Inelect at the suggestion of Jason Lurz, Director, Metro Operations, at Maryland Transit Administration, the kiosks have ...
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NewsSingapore LTA orders metro rolling stock
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded a consortium of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang a S$281⋅5m contract to supply 22 six-car Type C151B metro trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines. Delivery is scheduled for 2015-16. This is the third rolling stock contract to be awarded to these ...
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NewsIntegrated depot brings Saarbahn facilities to one site
GERMANY: Stadtbahn Saar officially opened its €26m depot at Lebach on September 3, replacing a site in Saarbrücken which was 'temporarily' leased from Deutsche Bahn when Saarbahn light rail services were launched in 1997. The depot brings light rail vehicle maintenance, stabling and cleaning together on one site, alongside office ...
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NewsPesa trams for Szczecin expansion plan
POLAND: Pesa was the sole bidder for a contract to supply trams for a planned extension of the Szczecin network. Part of Pesa’s Swing family, the 22 low-floor unidirectional trams will cost 150m zloty, including technical support. They will be 31·12 m long and 2 400 mm wide, with 40 ...
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NewsDowntown Line tunnel completed
SINGAPORE: Alpine Construction Co announced on September 10 that it had completed the first of six tunnels it is building for the Downtown Line metro line under a €400m contract. Boring of the 6·6 m diameter tunnel between Tan Kah Kee and Sixth Avenue stations reached a rate of 93 ...
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NewsWorld Bank funds more trains for Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL: The World Bank is lending US$600m to the state of Rio de Janeiro to fund the acquisition of 60 electric multiple-units for the suburban network operated by SuperVia, as well as the construction of new stations. Governor Sérgio Cabral signed the loan agreement in Rio on September 5 with ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - September 2012
EBRD, EIB and the EU’s Neighbourhood Investment Facility are each providing €5m for Phase II of the Yerevan metro rehabilitation project, which aims to deal with water ingress problems in the tunnels. The Dubai metro is to introduce limited-stop express trains on the Red Line for a five-month experimental period ...
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NewsCAF to supply Kolkata metro trains
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp has formally awarded CAF a contract to supply 14 six-car trainsets for the future 14·7 km east-west metro line. The contract is worth more than €110m, and includes an option for a further 21 cars. The air-conditioned trains will have a maximum speed of 90 ...
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NewsSmartphone smart ticket
TAIWAN: Smartphones which can be used as contactless travel tickets are being tested on Taipei's metro and bus network. The trial is being undertaken by Cathay United Bank, and involves HTC Incredible E NFC smartphones equipped with Mobile Security Card SWP microSD cards developed by Giesecke & Devrient's Secure Flash ...
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NewsTesting underway on Bangkok suburban line
THAILAND: Test running has commenced over the first section of the Red Line suburban railway in Bangkok, ahead of a planned launch of revenue services by the end of the year. The 15·3 km starter section links Taling Chan with Bang Sue on a new alignment that largely follows existing ...
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NewsBigger depot for longer trains
NETHERLANDS: The first pile for the expansion of Amsterdam's Diemen metro depot was driven on September 3, watched by Bart Schmeink, General Director of city transport operator GVB, and Gert Jan Vos, Director of construction contractor Strukton. The depot is being enlarged to accommodate the Series M5 trainsets which Alstom ...
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NewsSan Diego Trolley modernisation reaches half way
USA: The half-way point in a $720m modernisation of the San Diego Trolley light rail network was marked by the introduction of a revised network on September 2. Green Line services have been extended along existing tracks through the city centre, passing the Convention Center and Petco Park ...
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NewsTrains ordered for Nanjing airport rail link
CHINA: Nanjing Metro has awarded a 588m yuan contract for the supply of 15 six-car trainsets for the Nanjing-Gaochun Intercity Rail project. The 35·6 km airport rail link between Nanjing South station and the city's Lukou International Airport will have five stations on an 18·3 km underground section and three ...
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NewsThales to supply Ampang Line CBTC
MALAYSIA: Contractor George Kent (Malaysia) has awarded Thales a contract to provide SelTrac communications-based train control for the Ampang metro line in Kuala Lumpur. The contract covers the 27 km existing route and 17·7 km extension which is under construction between Sri Petaling and Putra Heights. The signalling work ...